Garment.



G. S. HDRWOOD.

GARMENT.

AYPLIUATIOH TILED 1.01.10, 1910.

Patented 01315. 18; 1910.

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CHARLES S. HORWOOD, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Oct. 18, 1910.

Application filed January 10, 1910. Serial No. 537,227.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it .known that I, CHARLES S. HoRwooD, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the manufacture of corset covers, and similargarments, and has for its object toprovide a construction in which theside portions, which are more subject to strain and wear than the frontand back portions, shall be double while the front and back portions aresingle. By this means the garments are reinforced at those points wherethey are subjected to the most wear and strain, while the labor and costof constructing double the parts not subjected to so much strain areavoided.

A further object of my invent-ion is to provide means whereby theconstruction above mentioned may be produced in the initial, operation,thus enabling such a gar ment to be manufactured as easily and cheaply,or nearly so, as the ordinary singleply garment.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement andcombination of parts as hereinafter more particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a front View of a garmentconstructed according to my invention, and Fig. 2 is a side view of thesame, showing a portion of the outer layer of fabric broken away todisclose an inner layer of fabric.

In carrying my invention into effect I provide front and back portions AA and B B respectively. The two back portions B B are connected togetherby a middle seam D. Both the front and back pieces are of single-plymaterial, and the shoulderstraps C C which connect the front and backpieces and are integral therewith are singleply and as narrow aspracticable.

The side pieces E E unite the front and back pieces A A and B B, belowthe shoulder strips or pieces, leaving arm-holes F F; these side piecesare double-ply, as shown more particularly in Fig. 2. The side piecesare attached to the front and back pieces at the seams G G and H H. Atthe front of the garment, suitable fastening means may be provided, notshown in the drawing.

I am aware that somewhat similar methods to those shown in thisspecification have been used to strengthen garments heretofore. In suchcases, however, the reinforcement has been carried up over the shouldersand around the entire arm-hole. This method has been used in garmentsdesigned to carry the weight of underclothing, as hose-supporters, etc.But on garments in which the strain is across the garment instead ofdownward, and where the primary purpose of the garment is to hold in thefigure of the wearer, and particularly to act as a bust-supporter orconfiner, and where there is no other clothing attached to or supportedby said garment, the reinforcing of the arm-holes is an unnecessary andnude sirable operation and results in an undue and objectionablethickness of material over the shoulder. One of the objects of myinvention is to remedy these defects, and provide as thin and narrow ashoulder-strap as is at all practicable, at the same time re ducing theexpense of manufacture.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is as follows:

A garment of the kind specified comprising single-ply back pieces B B,secured together by a seam D; single-ply front pieces A A; single-plyshoulder straps G O, connecting said front pieces to said back pieces oneach side respectively and being integral therewith; and double-ply sidepieces E E located beneath the arm-hole and connected to the said frontpieces by seams G G and to said back pieces by seams H H.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 6th day ofJanuary 1910, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES S. HORWOOD.

Witnesses:

EDWARD H. Honwoon, CLAIRE M. HENDY.

